| Counting-out rhymes - 1880 - 112 pages
...shall have a new master ; She shall have but a penny a day, Because she can't work any faster. A bag full of rye ; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in...pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing : By came a little bird, And nipped off her nose. SAYS t'auld man tit' oak tree, Young and lusty was... | |
| Margaret E. Whatham - 1882 - 182 pages
...WHAT THE BLACKBIRD DID WITH THE NOSE, SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; Now, wasn't that a dainty dish To set before a king ? The king was in the counting-house, Counting... | |
| Child - 1883 - 330 pages
...my son John. Swan, swan, over the sea; Swim, swan, swim. Swan, swan, back again ; Well, swan, swam. Sing a song of Six-pence, a pock-et full of Rye, Four...When the Pie was o-pen-ed, the Birds be-gan to sing, Was not that a dain-ty dish to set be-fore a King? The King was in the Count-ing-house, count-ing out... | |
| Child - 1883 - 330 pages
...bed with his stock-ings on ; One shoe off, and one shoe on, Dee-die, dee-die, dump-ling, my son John. Sing a song of Six-pence, a pock-et full of Rye, Four...When the Pie was o-pen-ed, the Birds be-gan to sing, Was not that a dain-ty dish to set be-fore a King? The King was in the Count-ing-house, count-ing out... | |
| Eleanor W. Talbot - 1887 - 52 pages
...the wild mare ; Here a nail, there a nail, Colt must go bare. ING a song o' sixpence A ba g ful1 °' Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie : When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king? The king was in the parlor, Counting out his money,... | |
| Sarah Catherine Martin, mother Hubbard - 1883 - 80 pages
...SONG OF SIXPENCE. THE SONG OF SIXPENCE. Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie ; When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing : And was not that a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was in the parlour, counting o'er... | |
| English wit and humor - 1889 - 366 pages
...worried the cat." SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE. SING a song of Sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four-and- twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish The King was in the parlour Counting out his money ; The Queen was in... | |
| 1886 - 698 pages
...No. IL — SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE. O ING a song of sixpence, ° A bag full of rye ; Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; And wasn't that a dainty dish To lay before the king ? The king was in his parlonr Counting out his... | |
| George Moore - United States - 1886 - 382 pages
...falling into the bath. " Five-and-forty spinsters baked in a pie I When the pie was opened the maids began to sing, Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the King ? " " Oh 1 dear, there's my garter coming down ! " and, dropping on to the sofa, the girl hitched up... | |
| Heinrich Baumann - 1887 - 360 pages
...(utjptUnglid) SlmerilanlSmus) to ~ small flein beigeben. sing-a-SODg (fjin'-'-^s'n') NurseryRhyme : Sing-a-song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was open'd, The hirds began to sing; Was not that a, dainty dish To set before the King? The King was ID... | |
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